حيا الإله خيالها من دان

لو كان زار زيارة اليقظان

If the Exalted visited in His imagination

As the wakeful visit in their vigils

لو كان عرج أو تعلل ساعة

حتى نسائله عن الأوطان

If He ascended or lingered for an hour

That we may ask Him of homelands

كفان شيدتا بناء محامد

لمهذب هش أخي إخوان

Enough, you have built structures of praise

For the gentle, modest brother of brethren

تلقى له دعة الكهول وحلمهم

وتقاهم وحلاوة الفتيان

You find in him the calm of elders and their wisdom

And their piety and the sweetness of youth